In the last several months various stories have resulted in misunderstanding and confusion about honey and honey filtration, leading some readers to believe that any honey without pollen is not real honey.
This is not
Continue Reading National Honey Board: Honey is Made from Nectar, Not Pollen
More locally grown food and safer growing methods are the goals of a couple of bills close to passing the final hurdle in the Hawaii Legislature.
Small farmers appear split on the bills. They like
A series of class action lawsuits has been filed in Florida against major food retailers who allegedly sell honey that may not be “honey” because it does not contain pollen.
Five Florida residents are bringing
Continue Reading Lawsuit Claims Some Store ‘Honey’ Brands Are Deceptive
The 7th most important food safety story of 2011 was the investigation by Food Safety News into the world honey trade.
It’s been a decade since the U.S. Commerce Department ordered stiff import tariffs to
After a four-month investigation, federal authorities have indicted yet another group of importers for allegedly smuggling Chinese honey into the U.S.
Since September, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the
Continue Reading Mislabeled Chinese Honey Leads to Criminal Busts
More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News.
The results show that the pollen frequently has
Continue Reading Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Vaughn Bryant peered through the eye piece of his microscope, making infinitesimally small adjustments on the position of the slide beneath the lens.
“Nothing,” he said, and switched the slide for
Continue Reading Top Pollen Detective Finds Honey a Sticky Business
A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News
Continue Reading Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
Many parents are discovering that homemade baby foods can be a nutritious and often more economical alternative to baby foods available in stores. To ensure that the food is safe for your growing infant, follow
Continue Reading Making Homemade Baby Food Safe
At the request of the Food and Drug Administration, federal marshals seized 64 drums of imported bees honey from a Philadelphia distribution center on June 4 because it contained a potent antibiotic that could lead
